How much money would you have today if you invested $1000 in Apple 5 years ago?
6, 2022, according to CNBC's calculations. If you had invested $1,000 into Apple five years ago, your investment would be worth about $3,916 now — nearly tripling in value, according to CNBC's calculations.
That's overall growth of 389.23%. This means that if you'd invested $1,000 in Apple on that date in September 2017, held it without any other actions until September 2022, you'd now have $3,892.33. There's a bit more to this story, though. Like all stocks, Apple has had ups and downs over the past five years.
A $1,000 investment could have purchased 7,692.31 shares of AAPL. The $1,000 investment in Apple stock at the time would be worth $1,455,538.90 today, based on a price of $189.22 for Apple at the time of writing.
Apple conducted a 4-for-1 stock split on Aug. 28, 2020.) If you bought $10,000 worth of Apple shares at that price and didn't sell any shares along the way, your investment would today be worth close to $66,250. At the stock's peak in late December 2023, your shares would have been worth a little over $71,000.
Had you invested $1,000 in Microsoft 10 years ago, you would have turned a hefty profit by today. According to computations by CNBC, that modest amount would already have been worth $11,400 as of Nov. 9, 2023.
Those who invested in Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) five years ago are up 217%
Indeed, Apple shares will never get back to $700, says The Economist.
| Year | Median Price Prediction | Potential Low |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $216 | $183 |
| 2025 | $237 | $199 |
| 2026 | $298 | $271 |
| 2030 | $561 | $460 |
What does that look like on a brokerage statement? Check out the above chart and you'll see that if you invested $1,000 in Apple stock 20 years ago, it would today be worth almost $530,000. The same $1,000 invested in the S&P 500 would have theoretically turned into $6,186 over the same period.
While it's difficult to find reasons not to like Apple's business, there's one important reason that investors should hesitate before buying the stock: valuation. As of this writing, shares trade at a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.8. This is significantly more expensive than Apple's trailing-10-year average of 20.8.
What price did Warren Buffett buy Apple stock?
Buffett began buying Apple in the first quarter of 2016, but there's no way to know exactly what his average share price was. But if you use the highest closing that quarter as a conservative estimate, it means that you would have paid $27.06 per share for Apple.
Warren Buffett's holding company, Berkshire, has been one of Apple's biggest backers. It owns a 5.9% stake, ranking behind only Vanguard Group, which holds 8.1% through its many mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, according to FactSet.
If you bought $10,000 worth of Apple shares at that price and didn't sell any shares along the way, your investment would today be worth close to $66,250. At the stock's peak in late December 2023, your shares would have been worth a little over $71,000.
For example, if an investment scheme promises an 8% annual compounded rate of return, it will take approximately nine years (72 / 8 = 9) to double the invested money.
If, for example, your portfolio gets to a value of $1.5 million, you could invest in a fund or multiple investments that yield an average of 3.3%. At that rate, you could generate $50,000 in annual dividends.
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But if you were smart enough to invest $1,000 in Apple stock at the start of the year 2000, you'd be sitting on a monster gain of 21,230%. This means that modest investment would be worth a whopping $213,000 today (as of July 27).
These three are gigantic trillion-dollar companies today, but they weren't always that large. Apple debuted on the public markets in 1980. If you invested $1,000 in the company, then your investment would now be worth nearly $1.5 million.
Those gains translate to a 36.6% compound annual growth rate for Apple compared to a 7.4% CAGR for the S&P 500 in that time. That means that $10,000 in AAPL stock purchased 20 years ago would be worth about $5.08 million today, assuming reinvested dividends.
He forecasts Tesla stock to gain about 550% to hit $1,200 a share by 2030, and for SpaceX to triple in valuation over the same period, according to a recent interview conducted by Bloomberg. Baron runs the Baron Focused Growth Fund, which counted Tesla and SpaceX as its largest holdings as of December 31, 2023.
What will Amazon be worth in 2030?
Amazon could continue to grow faster than Apple through the end of the decade, but its valuations are a bit stretched. If Amazon maintains its current valuations, matches analysts' expectations, and grows its EPS at a CAGR of 20% from 2025 to 2030, its market cap would reach $5.5 trillion by the final year.
According to analysts, it was projected that Apple's share price could reach $220 by the end of 2023, $250 in 2024. Apple long term stock forecast is anticipated to be $315 in 2025, $370 in 2026, $425 in 2027, $465 in 2028, and $480 in 2029. In 2030, analysts anticipate Apple shares will be worth $510.
Projections on Tesla's stock peak diverge. An upbeat view from TipRanks analysts hints at a $229 average price target, while Long Forecast foresees an increase to around $332 by the end of 2025.
If Apple meets analysts' expectations and grows its EPS at a modest compound annual rate of 8% from fiscal 2026 to fiscal 2030, its EPS could reach $10.50. If its valuation remained at 28 times forward earnings at that point, its stock would be trading at $294, giving it a market cap of $4.5 trillion.
Shares are approaching new highs as 2023 draws to a close. Apple (AAPL -1.22%) stock made an improbable run to all-time highs in 2023. The tech giant's shares approached $200 by mid-December, translating into an over 50% rally on the year.
